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As a director, some habits and rules are best developed early in his career, and even everyone in the crew knows them.

Like how to get along with actors.

In the "Chain Saw Cry" crew, these are not problems. The film comes from Murphy's independent investment. The most famous actor James Franco has a good personal relationship with him, and no one else has the power to point out his director.

If you switch to other projects in the future, will there be more well-known actors in the project?

To a certain extent, it is normal for actors to adore vanity, and even most actors admit it.

So why does Murphy want to show them what they have done? When they glance at the screen, they want to see more to see if the shadow is appropriate or if they show a double chin.

As a director, Murphy wants a real performance. As an actor, in most cases they want a perfect appearance in addition to acting.

Who will win in the end? In order to avoid this problem completely, it is best for the director to keep the actors away from the monitor, and do not invite them over if it is not necessary.

Since the last filming, when people like Kerry Mulligan or James Franco asked about their performance, Murphy kept repeating a sentence-your performance is really perfect, dear.

This is the end of the first day's work. Before filming the next day, Murphy called the heads of the various departments together and held a short meeting.

From the time he finished the script, he began to do a lot of pre-shooting preparations, and made a lot of ideas and imagination for every scene, every character and even some subtle movements of the script. The pre-viewing brought the plot into the scene. Imagine a lot of possibilities for shooting.

After starting the shooting, a shooting meeting before work every day can realize the shooting down to the smallest details.

Of course, even with sufficient preliminary preparations, due to various reasons at the shooting scene, the heads of various departments still need to face the situation of on-site performance. In such an emergency, the entire crew will wait for the director's next move. Murphy also I encountered such a problem in the subsequent shooting.

Performing on the spot and conceiving the shots in a short time is of course the most important thing for him as a director is active thinking, and he also needs to have strong basic skills.

The support of technology and thinking is the prerequisite and confidence for the director to deal with problems, and it is also the guarantee for the smooth operation of the crew.

When Murphy has a new idea when shooting, he will first let the actors express the scene in the simplest way, let them find a good position in the scene, and see what the effect is. New directors like him, shooting also A process of learning and accumulation, sometimes the creativity of an actor will also inspire his creativity.

However, if the actor's ideas are far from his thinking, Murphy will find a way to get the actors back on track in the film, instead of letting them get lost in their own direction.

This requires planning, a storyboard that accurately expresses the plot and the thoughts of the characters, and it is most effective at this time.

After a week of continuous filming, James Franco and Seth Rogen's solitary scene in the secret room gradually came to an end. After the crew prepared meticulously, it ushered in a climax of filming.

Behind the two cameras, Murphy and Phil Raschel operate one each. Raschel’s assistant sets up Steadicam, standing slightly outside, ready to step forward to take pictures at any time.

On the set, James Franco was crazy. He picked up the hacksaw on the ground, took off his shirt and tied the prosthetic leg made by Baker Klebert. The saw blade fell in the middle of the prosthetic leg and saw it frantically. .

He saw the surface made of resin a little, and the bright red liquid gushed out instantly, and some of it rushed up and fell on his face. James Franco didn't mean to stop, he let out a howl of pain, and continued sawing. The legs, the red juice flowed to the ground, dyed a big piece of red, and splashed around with the big saw movement.

It seemed that there was a blood rain all around, and it looked so cruel.

Two underage girls, Lily and Kerry Mulligan, were taken by Bill Rossis before Murphy started filming, especially Kerry Mulligan. He couldn't say why, she was always worried that seeing these would affect her psychology. health.

However, his busy work also left him no time and energy to think about these things.

Above James Franco, a huge microphone hung there quietly, recording his painful wailing, blood splashing to the ground, hacksaw cutting skin muscles...

These sounds need to be recorded on site.

Due to the limitation of the scene and cost, the crew could not use the boom here, so an intern had to hang the microphone with the pole. This seemed easy, but it was actually a tiring job. From Murphy’s perspective, internship Sheng's forehead was covered with sweat.

This intern is mainly engaged in live recording at school, otherwise he would not temporarily act as an assistant to the recording engineer.

The job of holding a pole may seem simple, but in fact the degree of professionalism is quite high. Lifting the pole and straightening the microphone cable can affect the effect of live recording. Even simple alignment has a lot of attention, for example, the line needs to be retracted quickly and reproduced quickly. , The male end of the line is for recording equipment, and the female end is connected to the microphone on the pole. There should be no stumbling or knotting in the middle of the connection, and it should not be too close to other power lines such as lights, otherwise it will produce interference sound.

And there are many ways to raise the pole. This intern is the ear of the sound engineer. It can be said that he did not do well and the sound engineer was blind.

This job is by no means just to find someone to go to that microphone. The microphone must be low enough and not appear in the camera through the hood. It requires a lot of practice. Like this intern, he has done similar work before. Just look at the monitor to know where the lowest position of the microphone is the limit.

Raising the microphone high in order not to wear a gang is unprofessional and irresponsible, and the recorded things are always useless.

This physical work also requires a strong willpower. Murphy needs to put a 20-foot long pole when shooting a large panorama, plus the movement of the characters, and a slightly longer shot, which is so tired that the hands of the intern are broken. No movement is allowed, because the friction and vibration caused by every movement of the finger will be clearly transmitted to the recorder.

Some people may think that with wireless recording, Murphy still uses this stupid method, which is simply out of date.

Wireless is good, but wireless cannot receive ambient sound. At the same time, its frequency response range is also very limited, which is far inferior to the high-quality sound recorded by a wired microphone.

And the sound of James Franco's character sawing his legs can undoubtedly increase the atmosphere of the film and bring a more terrifying auditory effect.

After filming the scene, Murphy announced that the filming was temporarily over. All the crew, including him, moved to an empty field in the warehouse to exchange needles for tens of thousands of needles.